Sunita Williams returns to earth
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have successfully splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 pm EDT, announced NASA. Hague and Gorbunov have been...
Emergency exit jammed, 4 execs charred to death in bus
Four employees of a private firm were charred to death and five others injured after their company vehicle caught fire near Pune on Wednesday morning, police said. An official said the casualties resulted because the emergency exit at the rear...
Nagpur violence echoes in Parliament, Congress MP says CM Fadnavis failed in his Rajdharma
New Delhi/Nagpur: The communal violence in Nagpur has resonated in Parliament, with Congress Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chowdhury demanding an urgent discussion on what she termed a "complete breakdown of communal harmony and law and order" in Maharashtra’s Second Capital. During...
PM Internship Scheme: FM Launches Mobile App
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday launched a new mobile application for candidates to access the Pradhan Mantri Internship Scheme (PMIS) and urged the industry to participate in the programme. Sitharaman said the scheme helps youth, especially in...
Shiv Sena, NCP declare one candidate each for MLC by-polls
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday announced one candidate each for the March 27 by-polls to the five seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, a news agency reported. The development comes after their ally in...
Bank strike on March 24, 25 as talks with IBA fail
Nagpur: The Union Forum of Bank Union (UFBU) has decided to go ahead with its plans for a nationwide strike on March 24 and March 25. Announcing its decision, UFBU said it has been taken as discussions with the Indian...
MPCC chief’s ‘Fadnavis is equally cruel as Aurangzeb’ remark triggers row
Mumbai: The controversy over Aurangzeb continues in Maharashtra, with the new MPCC President Harshvardhan Sapkal using it as a criticism of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Sakpal alleged that Fadnavis is as "cruel" as Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The BJP said...
Bon voyage!! Foreign tours back on track for Maha Legislators after 5-year pause
Mumbai: Good news for the members of the State Legislature in Maharashtra: They will soon embark on foreign tours. The schedule for the tours is being devised after the higher authorities have given their go-ahead. After almost five years, the State...
Explosion outside temple in Amritsar
An explosion took place outside a temple in Amritsar, damaging its walls and shattering its window panes, officials said on Saturday. While no one was hurt in the incident, it has caused panic among the residents in the Khandwala area of...
Didn’t want Modi…: Trump orders to clean Washington
United States President Donald Trump said he did not want Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders who visited him to see the tents and graffiti near federal buildings in Washington DC and has ordered the cleaning up of...
Maha Govt to make NOC must for liquor shops in housing societies
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has announced in the State Assembly that new beer and liquor shops in the commercial premises of housing societies will now require a mandatory No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the respective society. Pawar,...
Did You Know? Every Citizen in Maharashtra Now Carries a Debt of Rs 82,000
Mumbai: Financial mismanagement by the Mahayuti government and Maharashtra’s escalating debt burden have resulted in each citizen now carrying a debt of Rs 82,000, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Ambadas Danve, said on Tuesday. Opposition leaders launched a scathing...
Bawankule orders demolition of buildings constructed with forged maps in Mumbai areas
Mumbai: All unauthorised bungalows at Goregaon, Borivli, Malad, Andheri, Vile Parle, Bandra, Chembur and Kurla will be immediately demolished, announced Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule in the State Legislative Council on Monday. He also announced the suspension of Deputy Superintendent Shamburaj...
Arcane Illusions 2025 Fashion Show Sparkles with Super model Karan Oberoi’s Presence at SNDT Women’s University
Mumbai: Top Indian model Karan Oberoi added a touch of elegance and excitement to the Arcane Illusions Annual Festival 2025, held on March 7th at the SNDT Women's University campus, Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Juhu, Mumbai. Invited as a...
Maha Budget: New Industrial Policy to attract ₹20 lakh crore in investments, create 50 lakh jobs: Ajit Pawar
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who holds the Finance portfolio, tabled the Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti Government’s Budget for the 2025-26 fiscal in the State Assembly on Monday. This is the 11th state Budget being presented by him in...
Congress MP raises issue of bogus medicines in Maha Govt hospitals in Lok Sabha
Nagpur: The issue of bogus medicine purchases in some government hospitals in Maharashtra was raised in the Lok Sabha on Monday by Congress MP from Latur, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge. Dr. Kalge referred to a written response given in the Maharashtra...
3 injured as leaking gas pipeline catches fire in Mumbai
Three persons suffered burn injuries after a leaking gas pipeline caught fire on a road in Mumbai's Andheri area in the wee hours of Sunday, an official said. Two vehicles were also damaged in the incident, he said. The blaze erupted at...
Vice President Dhankhar admitted to AIIMS
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi early Sunday after complaining of uneasiness and chest pain, sources said. The 73-year-old was taken to the hospital around 2 am. Dhankhar was admitted...
Trump’s Hostility Towards India: Why is Our Government Staying Silent?
In recent weeks,U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric against India, imposing economic threats, openly mocking India’s participation in BRICS, and even sending deported illegal immigrants back in handcuffs—a blatant diplomatic insult. Yet, despite these provocations, the Indian government...
Cold war intensifies: CM Fadnavis removes Shinde’s close aide from key position in MITRA
Mumbai: In a significant political development in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has delivered yet another blow to his Deputy and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde by removing the latter's close associate from a key position in the State. As...
SC refuses stay on Adani’s Dharavi slum redevelopment project as challenged by Dubai’s Seclink
In a significant development surrounding the Dharavi redevelopment project, the Supreme Court of India on Friday ruled that there will be no stay on the project being undertaken by the Adani group. This ruling comes in the wake of a...
